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Modeling of Supramolecular Systems, Mechanically Docked to Carbon Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Jordan Poler  and
T. D. DuBois
Jordan Poler
Affiliation:
jcpoler@email.uncc.edu, UNC Charlotte, Chemistry, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, United States, 704 687 3064, 704 687 3151
T. D. DuBois
Affiliation:
tddubois@email.uncc.edu, UNC Charlotte, Chemistry, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, United States
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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes and nanowires are important materials for new nanotechnology devices and sensors. Future optoelectronic devices can be made from assemblies of nanostructured materials. One difficulty in preparing these assemblies from nanotubes is the lack of site-specific points of contact and the subsequent compliance of the linkage between nanoparticles. Using molecular mechanics, semiempirical and dynamics calculations, we have modeled the assembly process of two-dimensional and three-dimensional structures of carbon nanotubes. The linkers between the nanotubes consist of novel metallodendrimers. These dendrimers have multiple binding sites with chemically specified chirality. Most importantly, they are mechanically rigid. This enables the multidimensional constraints and geometry, required for advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Keywords

nanostructureself-assemblyorganometallic
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 924: Symposium Z – Mechanics of Nanoscale Materials and Devices , 2006 , 0924-Z08-26
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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